Hampton Roads

Hampton Roads is the name for the Norfolk-Virginia Beach metropolitan area in southeastern Virginia. Hampton Roads is home to the major United States Navy, Air Force and Army bases. It also is home to NASA and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. The area is also full of historical landmarks and miles of beaches.

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Allen Iverson, the NBA MVP iin 2001, headlines the 2014 Hampton Roads African-American Sports Hall of Fame induction class.
Iverson, who led Bethel High School to state titles in football and basketball, announced his retirement from basketball in the...

Maryland State Police divers resumed their search for survivors or victims in the small plane crash a half-mile off the shore of Ocean City.
Members of the U.S. Coast Guard are assisting in the Monday's off-shore search, said Boatswain's Mate Second...

Archaeologists and forensic scientists working with human remains recovered at Historic Jamestowne last summer reported Wednesday that their follow-up studies have turned up the gruesome first physical evidence of the cannibalism that took place during...

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Orchid show
Seven thousand orchids, the largest curated orchid show in the country, will be displayed in the Victorian-style glasshouse at the New York Botanical Garden. The show runs Saturday through April 22, and on Saturdays, music from...

Every weekday morning, between 7:30 and 8 a.m., regular as clockwork, the phone rings in the home of Newport News resident John Babbs. Each day, when the 95-year-old picks up, he's greeted by a cheery voice checking on his well-being. Most often they're...

A few hours after eating a red-meat meal, Michael Abley of Surry ended up in a hospital emergency room. It wasn't food poisoning."First I swelled up in hives just horribly, just violent itching all over," said Abley, 72. "Then I had trouble...

If you like being outside, there's plenty to do on the Peninsula. From cycling and watersports to golf and hunting, there's plenty to keep people active while outdoors.
Cycling
The Peninsula offers many opportunities for cycling...

If you think you'll be bored in Hampton Roads, try a few of these activities:American Rover. Sightseeing and party cruises on a tall ship. Narrated sailings and dinner cruises daily, rain or shine. Cruising mid-April through late October. Waterside,...

Thanks to the ocean, the Chesapeake Bay and multiple rivers, beaches are plentiful in Hampton Roads. So, weather permitting, break out your blanket and sunscreen and head for a beach near you.GloucesterGloucester Point Beach Park. 1255 Greate Road, near...

Hampton Roads — and the Peninsula in particular — boasts an array of world-class research facilities. Here are some notables:NASA Langley Research CenterThe center in Hampton was founded in 1917 as the nation's first civilian aeronautics laboratory....

No matter what type of education you're looking for, it's available here in Hampton Roads.Bryant & Stratton College. Hampton. The facility at Peninsula Town Center opened in 2010 with 80 students, with plans to expand as laboratories are opened and...

Many destinations are within easy driving distance of Hampton Roads. Pack a cooler, fill up the tank and hit the road.1. Appomattox Court House, AppomattoxThe buildings and fields where Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate army are still a peaceful...

NEWPORT NEWS – As if working to post performances at summer camps that will gain him valuable exposure isn't enough to motivate Phoebus High running back Tony Pittman, he doesn't have to go far to find more inspiration. On April 21, Pittman's 13-year-old...

Fittingly, football coach Bobby Wilder was in attendance Thursday as Old Dominion announced its move to Conference USA, since the jump is tied to football. Equally fitting, seven assistant coaches were unable to attend because they were on the road...

NORFOLK — Standing in the patio reception area at S.B. Ballard Stadium, Old Dominion athletic director Wood Selig called it “a game changer.” Though the Monarchs’ move to Conference USA affects the entire athletic department, the game changed the most and...

Wood Selig and Terry Holland go back to the late 1980s at the University of Virginia, where Selig was a fledgling athletics administrator and Holland was a Final Four basketball coach. When Holland became the school’s athletic director in 1995, Selig...

When Hampton High's Deon Newsome thinks about his recruiting process, there are no tales of negative recruiting involving the state's two Atlantic Coast Conference programs, no smoldering stories of a rivalry gone out of control. Instead, Newsome's...

James Johnson is the only former Virginia Tech assistant coach to do a 180 and return to Blacksburg.
Contacted Tuesday morning, new Old Dominion assistant coach John Richardson laughed when the question was asked and replied, "No, sir. I'm very...

Virginia drummed up plenty of pub during spring football practice. Road shows in Fairfax, Newport News and Richmond. Weekly media gabfests with coach Mike London and a marquee recruiting get the day of a spring game that showcased quarterback Michael...